Key Terms
The Newborn
The Mother
Postpartum Changes
Postpartum Complications
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MEDICAL TERM FOR LACK OF NORMAL MUSCLE TONE

What is Atony

200

THE NEWBORN'S HEART RATE RANGE

What is 110-160 bpm

200

A WOMAN'S MENSTRUAL CYCLE WILL RESUME AFTER HOW MANY WEEKS AFTER DELIVERY

What is 5 weeks 

200

SLOWER THAN EXPECTED RETURN OF THE UTERUS TO ITS NONPREGNANT CONDITION 

What is Subinvolution 

200

PRIMARY POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE OCCURS WITHIN _____ AFTER BIRTH 

What is 24 hours

400

INCISION TO ENLARGE THE VAGINAL OPENING

What is an episiotomy

400

WHAT IS THE COMMONLY USED ROUTE FOR TEMPERATURE CHECKS IN THE NEWBORN

What is axillary

400

THE BREASTFEEDING MOTHER SHOULD NURSE HER NEWBORN EVERY ______ HOURS

What is 2-3

400

THE FUNDUS SHOULD NOT BE PALBALBE BY THE ____ POSTPARTUM DAY

What is the 10th 

400

INTERVENTIONS FOR DVT IN THE MOTHER

What are Encourage fluid intake, Measure thighs, Exercise, Apply elastic stockings

600

CHANGES THAT THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS UNDERGO AFTER BIRTH TO RETURN THEM TO THEIR PREPREGNANCY SIZE AND CONDITION

What is involution 

600

THE TEMPERATURE AFTER THE INITIAL BATH SHOULD BE RECORDED _____ MINUTES AFTER AND _____ AFTER TRANSFER TO AN OPEN CRIB

What is 30 mins and 1 hour

600

DUE TO DEHYDRATION, HEMORRHOIDS, STRETCHED ABDOMINAL MUSCLES, AND A C-SECTION INCISION, A WOMAN IS AT RISK FOR DEVELOPING

What is constipation 

600

THE METRICS FOR WEIGHING THE PERINEAL PADS POSTPARTUM

What is 1 gm = 1mL

600

HOW HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK AFFECTS THE KIDNEYS

What is decreased blood flow to the kidneys; oliguria

800

THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD IS ALSO CALLED

What is the puerperium 

800

HEAT LOSS BY DIRECT SKIN CONTACT WITH A COLD SURFACE 

What is Conduction

800

NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEW MOTHER NEEDS TO INCREASE BY _____ ADDITIONAL CALORIES EACH DAY

What is 500

800

A SOFT OR BOGGY FUNDUS SHOULD BE MASSAGED

TRUE OR FALSE

What is true

800

THE FOURTH LEADING CAUSE OF MATERNAL MORTALITY 

What is Puerperal Sepsis

1000

WHEN THE LONGITUDINAL ABDOMINAL MUSCLES THAT EXTEND FROM THE CHEST TO THE SYMPHYSIS PUBIS ARE SEPARATED

What is diastasis recti

1000

IN CLASS WE DISCUSSED HYPOTHERMIA, WHAT ARE THE 2 CAUSES WE TALKED ABOUT IN CLASS AS A RESULT OF HYPOTHERMIA 

What are Hypoglycemia and Respiratory distress

1000

REEDA STANDS FOR

What is Redness, Edema, Ecchymosis, Discharge, and Approximation

1000

THE THREE TYPES OF LOCHIA

What are rubra (1-3) days, serosa (3-10) days, alba (10-21) days 

1000

THIS COMPLICATION IS CAUSED BY PULMONARY EMBOLISM, ANEMIA, HYPERTENSION, OR CARDIAC DISORDERS

What is cardiogenic shock